Gayle Trotter, a senior fellow at the conservative Independent Women’s Forum, also testified.

“If we ban these types of assault weapons, you are putting women at a great disadvantage, more so than men, because they do not have the same type of physical strength to defend themselves in a hand-to-hand struggle. And they’re not criminals, they’re moms, they’re young women,” Trotter said.

Feinstein countered and said the AR-15 gun Trotter was referring to in her testimony, is not made for home defense.

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